ANALYSIS: How a political awakening from Chinese-Australians was a big factor in Labor's Aston win
, with Premier Chris Minns's electorate Kogarah witnessing a massive 18.4 per cent swing to the Labor party.
Kogarah has around 29,000 residents with a Chinese background, and it is the location of one of the biggest Chinese-Australian communities in the country.Chris Minns saw an 18.4 per cent swing in his electorate, which has a high Chinese population. In many respects, Chinese-Australian voters are no different to other voters across Australia – they are concerned about the cost of living, inflation rates and social mobility.
But one unique issue – Australia-China tensions – has had a significant impact on their voting decisions.And they are using their votes to make an impact on our policies and their future.Chinese-Australian voters are not a homogenous voting bloc, but they have typically been seen as right-leaning on our political spectrum.
And while they do not tell the whole story of recent election results where issues like climate and leadership have been at the fore, there are insights to be gleaned."The Chinese-Australian community is quite large. There's also the Indian-Australian community, which is very important in many electorates and was significant in the last federal election as well," said Professor Andrew Jakubowicz, an expert in sociology at the University of Technology Sydney.
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